A Tale of Two Cities Point of View

A point of view in which a person is taking can change the way someone feels about the person or event that is being described. By the bias and stance the narrator has, characters or events can be changed in their relevance, importance, or relationship to the main idea by the narrator of a story. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, having the point of view seen through Lucie Manette’s eyes would have dramatically changed the book for the better involving her tone and role as “the golden thread”.
Lucie is often referred to as the golden thread in the novel because she connects many characters that otherwise would seem unrelated. For instance, she was the sole reason that Sydney Carton spoke with Charles Darnay several times after the trial. With many of the male characters being attraction to “the golden thread”, this alias could also be taken as a physical trait, which she was known for as being very beautiful. The desire to be with Lucie...